Paper Outline

The Claim in my outline is that people need to approach the things they do by engaging their minds and being more satisfied instead of spending the majority of their time on passive leisure activities. My first reason is that people should do more activities that they get flow. By doing so, they will be happier. While it may take longer for them to get up and start the activity, in the long run they will benefit from it more. As Csikszentimalyi states, “the typical teenager admits that biking, or playing basketball, or playing the piano are more enjoyable than roaming through the mall or watching TV. But, they say to get organized for a basketball game takes time” (Csikzzentimalyi 67). The reason many people do not start doing physical activities is because they are too lazy. Although, they will get more enjoyment out of it. My second reason is that people are wasting their life away doing activities doing activities with no benefits, such as watching TV or playing on the computer. My third reason is that people do not know how to spend their leisure time. As Csikszentimihalyi stated, "free time is more difficult to enhoy than work. Having leisure at one's disposal does not improve the quality of life unless one know how to use it effectively, and it is by no means something one learns automatically.